How Cheech & Chong lit up the film industry
Creating that sense of community with “Up in Smoke” was Cheech & Chong’s secret weapon to success. It’s a movie ...
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Film is — and always will be — political
When it came time to boycott “Scream 7,” the movie’s dissidents were not afraid to play dirty. No one wants ...
The Golden Globes don’t care about film
If you happened to miss Sunday’s jumbled mess of a Golden Globes ceremony, the telecast can be best summed up ...
Brigitte Bardot, French Film icon, dead at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the French actress whose image and performances helped reshape global ideas of beauty, sexuality and celebrity, has died ...
“Sentimental Value” is the Thanksgiving film for the fractured family
For as tender and quietly introspective as Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” eventually becomes, the Norwegian writer-director’s latest film opens in ...
In “Die My Love,” Jennifer Lawrence rescues a film from itself
Late in Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love” — the latest film to mystifyingly leave out a much-needed comma from its ...
When art imitates life, and then life imitates a heist film
It was a scene straight out of Lupin — or maybe Ocean’s 8. In just four minutes, a team of ...
Inside “After the Hunt,” the most provocative film of 2025
Following the premiere of “After the Hunt” at the 82nd annual Venice Film Festival last August, journalist Federica Polidoro sat ...
Robert Redford’s lasting mark on indie film
It may not even be autumn, but already, meteorologists are forecasting slick, icy roads in Park City, Utah, next January. ...
Terence Stamp, General Zod and film icon, dead at 87
Terence Stamp, the British actor renowned for his portrayal of the formidable General Zod in the 1978 film Superman and ...
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